patetismo
Spanish, noun/pateˈtismo/
patetismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “poignancy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condición o carácter de patético”.
What does patetismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepoignancy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Condición o carácter de patético
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of patetismo
- patetismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patetismo?
- /pateˈtismo/
- [pa.t̪eˈt̪iz.mo]
- [pat̪eˈt̪ismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patetismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patetismo in Spanish?
patetismo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).